| Sunderland | Everton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Steve Simonsen | ||
| DR | Bernt Haas | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Gary Naysmith | ||
| DR | Darren Williams | DR | David Unsworth | ||
| DR | Emerson | DR | Abel Xavier | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | |
| MD | Jason McAteer | S2 | MD | Idan Tal | |
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Paul Gascoigne | ||
| MD | Claudio Reyna | MD | Scot Gemmill | ||
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Joe-Max Moore | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | S3 | FD | Tomasz Radzinski | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Kevin Kyle | S1 | MD | Niclas Alexandersson |
| S2 | MD | Jesper Blomqvist | |||
| S3 | FD | Nick Chadwick | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Walter Smith | ||||